DemoTK

Bottle Organ

Different notes come from different air-space lengths.

Teaching & key ideas

What you do: Blow across bottle tops. What students see: Different notes come from different air-space lengths. Why it works: The air column resonates; more water means a shorter air column and higher pitch. Question to ask: How is this different from tapping the bottles?

Lesson flow

Predict → demonstrate → observe → briefly explain → ask: How is this different from tapping the bottles?